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Saturday, May 10
 

9:45am CST

The Power of Visioning LIMITED
Saturday May 10, 2025 9:45am - 11:00am CST
Legacy Commons
In this introductory session for parents, participants will: 
  • identify and explore the current trends and drivers of change in education. 
  • explore potential futures 
  • create an artefact for a future focused education 
  • learn about the Understanding by Design (UbD) framework as a process for designing curriculum connecting students to ways of thinking, working and living in the world. 
Speakers
avatar for Janelle McGann

Janelle McGann

Janelle is a global educator with over 25 years’ experience in public and private schools in Australia, Ireland and the US. As a teacher, leader, consultant and lecturer, Janelle understands the demands of a changing educational landscape for teachers and leaders. She has a passionate... Read More →
Saturday May 10, 2025 9:45am - 11:00am CST
Legacy Commons
  Whole Community (Anyone)

11:15am CST

UbD Part 4: A focus on performance LIMITED
Saturday May 10, 2025 11:15am - 12:30pm CST
Legacy Commons
Learn a process for developing more ‘authentic’, performance-based assessment tasks that assess student understanding and capacity to apply knowledge, integrate important thinking skills and develop student agency. 
Participants will learn: 
  • key features of authentic performance-based assessment tasks 
  • a framework for designing authentic tasks that integrate important thinking skills with academic content 
  • how to structure tasks for student choice and agency 
Speakers
avatar for Janelle McGann

Janelle McGann

Janelle is a global educator with over 25 years’ experience in public and private schools in Australia, Ireland and the US. As a teacher, leader, consultant and lecturer, Janelle understands the demands of a changing educational landscape for teachers and leaders. She has a passionate... Read More →
Saturday May 10, 2025 11:15am - 12:30pm CST
Legacy Commons
  Teachers/Staff/Administrators Session

1:30pm CST

UBD Part 1: Understanding by Design (UbD) a framework for creating a future ready curriculum (Repeat) LIMITED
Saturday May 10, 2025 1:30pm - 2:45pm CST
Legacy Commons
In this introductory session, Janelle will present an overview of the UbD framework and address the following questions: 
 
  • What are the drivers and goals of a future ready curriculum? 
  • How should we design curriculum ‘backwards’? 
  • What is understanding and how does it differ from ‘knowing’? 
  • How should we design curriculum connecting students to ways of thinking, working and living in the world? 
Speakers
avatar for Janelle McGann

Janelle McGann

Janelle is a global educator with over 25 years’ experience in public and private schools in Australia, Ireland and the US. As a teacher, leader, consultant and lecturer, Janelle understands the demands of a changing educational landscape for teachers and leaders. She has a passionate... Read More →
Saturday May 10, 2025 1:30pm - 2:45pm CST
Legacy Commons
  Teachers/Staff/Administrators Session
 
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